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Business has been slow. Okay, business has been dead. And not even of the undead variety. You would think Chicago would have a little more action for the only professional wizard in the phone book. But lately, Harry Dresden hasn't been able to dredge up any kind of work — magical or mundane. But just when it looks like he can't afford his next meal, a murder comes along that requires his particular brand of supernatural expertise. A brutally mutilated corpse. Strange-looking paw prints. A full moon. Take three guesses — and the first two don't count...
Chicago's finest wizard-for-hire, Harry Dresden, faces the toughest foe of his career.
Private detective/wizard-for-hire Harry Dresden is suckered into tangling in the affairs of Faerie, where the fate of the entire world — and his soul — are at stake.
Harry Dresden is not
having a good day. A vampire named Ortega is hunting the beleaguered wizard,
intending to challenge him to a duel that, Ortega claims, will end the war
between the vampires and the wizards. Harry has almost no hope of winning
the duel, but soon he is preoccupied by another problem: Father Vincent, a
priest, needs Harry's help in finding the Shroud of Turin, stolen by a trio
of thieves. Harry traces two of the thieves to his hometown, Chicago, but
when he finds them, he learns that he isn't the only one after them. A group
of terrifying demons wants the shroud, and its leader is interested in Harry's
soul, too. Harry must call on all of his friends, including three brave knights,
his police officer friend, and even his half-vampire ex-girlfriend, Susan.
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